Amazing Stories

More matches, more goals, and more attendance than ever, Mbappé as the all-time top scorer, Olise breaking Pelé's assist record, and the hosts' own records for Mexico and Canada.

Spain won the 2026 World Cup while conceding just one goal in 8 matches, with a historic streak from Unai Simón (650 minutes without conceding) and Yamal and Oyarzabal entering the tournament's all-time lists.

Youri Tielemans' goal in the 120+5th minute is the latest goal ever scored in World Cup history. A good excuse to look at exactly which minute all 3,027 World Cup goals have been scored in.

With 10 combined goals, France 4-6 England was the highest-scoring Third Place Match in World Cup history — and Mbappé also passed Messi in career goals along the way.

Cristiano Ronaldo bowed out of the World Cup as the only player in history to score in six different editions, also becoming Portugal's all-time top scorer.

Mexico scored more goals at the 2026 World Cup than in any other edition in its history — with a duo, Quiñones-Jiménez, combining for 7 goals like never before.

76 years ago, Uruguay beat Brazil 2-1 at the Maracanã to win the 1950 World Cup — but that match was never officially a final.

Lionel Messi is the only World Cup player to appear in the top 10 of both youngest and oldest scorers — 20 years between the two.

Mohamed Hany is the only player in history to score two own goals in the same World Cup — and we corrected a widely-repeated mistake about a supposed 1966 precedent.

Perišić has scored in four different World Cups — a club of just 6 players in history, alongside Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Pelé and Klose.

René and Willy van de Kerkhof, identical Dutch twins, each scored a goal at Argentina 1978 — a feat no other twins have matched since.

Brent Sancho is, to this day, the only player from that nation with a goal to his name in World Cup history. The catch: it was an own goal.